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Sending astronauts to Mars by 2040 is 'an audacious goal' but NASA is trying anyway

Astronauts may orbit Mars by 2033, but setting foot on the Red Planet by the end of next decade would be an "aggressive" and "audacious" goal, according to NASA officials. To make the 6-month flight to Mars and land by 2040, humans would have to leave ...

Watch the moon snuggle up to Earth's 'evil twin' Venus today with free livestream

Of course, despite making a close approach in the sky over Earth, the moon and Venus remain fairly widely separated in the actual solar system. And this is probably a good thing.

Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches

At least a few will come instead from seismic crashes between two neutron stars (or between a neutron star and a black hole) that release not only gobs of gravitational waves but also conspicuous amounts of light—kilonovae.

Jupiter's lightning is strikingly similar to Earth's

Lightning crackles to life and evolves on Jupiter the same way as it does on Earth, a new study finds. Jovian lightning, which occurs as frequently as the phenomenon does on Earth, was first spotted by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft over 40 years ago.

This new supernova is the closest to Earth in a decade. It's visible in the night sky right now.

During the last few days, astronomers have been pointing their telescopes toward a familiar celestial object in our spring night sky for a look at a rare event: A new supernova — a star that has literally, and figuratively, "burst" upon the scene.

Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches

This leaves only the U.S.'s two Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors in Hanford, Wash., and Livingston, La., to emerge fully functioning from the shutdown. And ...

Watch Russian cargo craft launch toward space station Wednesday morning

A robotic Russian cargo craft will launch toward the International Space Station on Wednesday (May 24), and you can watch the liftoff live. The Progress 84 freighter is scheduled to launch atop a Soyuz rocket from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in ...

Watch SpaceX launch big telecom satellite to orbit tonight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rises into the skies of Florida, with exhaust billowing around. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 56 of the company's Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

Moon crash site found! NASA orbiter spots grave of private Japanese lander (photos)

Close-up of part of the moon's gray, cratered surface captured by NASA's Lunar. The Hakuto-R private Japanese moon lander's impact site, as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ...

See amazing new sun photos from the world's largest solar telescope

The world's largest solar telescope has captured fine features on the sun in remarkable detail, including rare glimpses of decaying sunspots. Perched atop a mountain on the Hawaiian island of Maui, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) has been ...